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Taiwan Excellence Pavilion to showcase the best of Taiwan industry at 1 Utama mall
Taiwan is known for many things – as the place for some of the most delectable street food on the planet, one of the most well known purveyors of bubble milk tea and as one of the most beautiful tourist spots on the planet. Many aren’t as familiar with the fact that Taiwan is also…
Read MoreKaspersky expands presence in Asia Pacific with official launch of new Singapore headquarters
The recent Interpol World Congress in Singapore on 4 – 7 July saw a host of law enforcement agencies, experts and some of the world’s leading security solutions providers gathering at Suntec City Convention Centre to collaborate and exchange information on combating crime on the new digital frontier. Gathered under one roof for the conference…
Read MoreU Mobile ends their network share agreement with Maxis
U Mobile has formally notified Maxis that they are ending their RAN share agreement which will be completed by December 2018. The move is in line with their expanding network of cellphone towers which now offer significant coverage for most of Malaysia. Their official statement is reproduced below: “With our growing subscriber base, U Mobile…
Read MoreIBM’s Watson AI is quite the conversationalist
The robot revolution is inevitably trundling along with businesses increasingly automating menial, repetitive or time intensive tasks. Chatbots are part of that move, helping to project a friendly face of sorts, or rather, a presence online to handle most mainstream queries outside of working hours and to act as a first line of contact to…
Read MoreNaza Communications embarks on Nuri Programme to empower rural communities in Malaysia
Naza Corporation Holdings Sdn Bhd’s integrated infrastructure services provider arm, Naza Communications signed a momentous Memorandum of Understanding yesterday with a trailblazing team of collaborative partners to implement and accelerate a unique initiative that seeks to empower rural communities that has been dubbed the NURI Programme. The collaboration partners that will embark with Naza Communications…
Read MoreDigi is expanding their network with 900Mhz spectrum
Digi is looking at improving their overall connectivity experience as they’re rolling out the new 900MHz spectrum alongside their current 1,800MHz and 2,600MHz spectrum in Malaysia. For the uninitiated, the lower 900Hz spectrum offers better indoor signal connectivity, wider outdoor coverage and a stronger network capacity for gaming, video watching and the like. The roll-out…
Read MoreLEGO kicks off ‘Build Amazing’ campaign & limited edition Malaysia Mini Build kits
Just in time for the school holidays, LEGO Malaysia has started their #BuildAmazingMY campaign that features an online contest, a series of limited-edition Malaysia-theme Mini Builds and activities galore at their showcase event at the Pavilion mall in Kuala Lumpur. Their Cities of Wonder showcase at Pavilion will have a host of activity stations for…
Read MoreShell Helix and Waze launch Asia’s first accident-prone spot alerts
Some stretches of Malaysia’s road network are unfortunately rather accident prone though Shell Helix and navigation app Waze aim to address that as they will be introducing warnings that pop up on the eponymous navigation app when users approach any of these hazardous spots in Malaysia this coming holiday season. From May 16 to July…
Read MoreIverson Associates now offers one the world’s hottest courses in Malaysia
The usual trifecta of desirable academic programmes – medicine, computer science and law – are what many students aspire to when signing up for a course but students in Malaysia can now undertake something else that’s beeing touted as one of the hottest courses of the 21st century: data science. For the uninitiated, it’s essentially…
Read MoreMalaysia’s first 5G trial takes off under auspices of Celcom and Ericsson
The first 5G trial on the 28 Ghz band in Southeast Asia was conducted today by Celcom Axiata Berhad and Ericsson. This was the sum effort of a memorandum of understanding signed earlier this year in Barcelona between both organisations and is in line with the government’s efforts to promote a ‘Digital Malaysia’ by 2020.…
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